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Barcelona 0-0 Manchester United - 90 min

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And there is the final whistle and the game ends as a 0-0 draw. The return leg will be played in 6 days at Old Trafford with Barcelona needing only a scoring draw to advance to the final in Moscow

90′+ Zambrotta sends a ball into the area for Henry but it’s too tall for the Frenchmen

89′ Iniesta sends Eto’o long but the pass is too long

88′ Another free kick to Barcelona, Henry’s shot is on target but another wonderful save from Van Der Sar

86′ Iniesta fires one from about 30 yards out but Van Der Sar gets down nicely to make the save

86′ Rojan wins another free kick for Barcelona who surely would love to have Ronaldinho in this match for his free kick ability

85′ Carlos Tevez will come off and Ryan Giggs will replace him in the United line-up

82′ Henry makes a shot from the left side and put something extra behind it, but Van Der Sar is again in great position to make the save

80′ Manchester continue to hold back and Barcelona can’t get through for any chances

79′ Park and Tevez are unable to find one and other at the other end

78′ Iniesta and Nani battled for a bit and finally Nani is called for the foul

77′ Deco will come off for Barcelona and is replaced by Thierry Henry, hopefully he can help convert some chances that the possession has affordedthe Catalan club

76′ Rooney comes off for Nani

75′ Krkic gets his head to the ball but it doesn’t trouble the keeper

74′ Abidal sends a cross but Evra chests it down to Van Der Sar

73′ Hargreaves is booked for a late tackle on Bojan Krkic

71′ Iniesta is taken down in the box by Evra and no call from the ref

70′ Ronaldo had a chance but Abidal comes in to force the ball away

67′ Barca were heading down with a two on two but Deco is called for a dangerous play and the whistle shuts that chance down

66′ Krkic tries to get around Ferdinand but the veteran wins that battle

65′ A bad back pass from Ferdinand leads to another Barca corner but the home side can’t make anything happen

64′ Xavi looks for a shot but doesn’t put it on target as Van Der Sar watches it roll out for a goal kick

63′ Xavi takes a shot from the set piece but the ball never has a chance on goal

62′ Another free kick for Barcelona, as Rijkaard takes Messi out and replaces him with Bojan Krkic who should provide some energy off the bench

61′ Teo’o receives a pass at the top of the area but can’t make the turn.

60′ Xavi has a shoot that is deflected which crosses up Van Der Sar but he is still able to make the save, great reactions by the United keeper

59′ Xavi tries a through ball but Scholes is there to intercept

58′ Barca had a chance for a counter attack but Manchester had 7 men get back to snuff out the attack

57′ A long ball to Eto’o is too far and Van Der Sar picks it up

55′ Messi and Eto’o work a nice 1-2 but Messi is sandwiched by two defenders and Evra takes the ball away

53′ Rooney’s corner is not cleared and Carrick dribbles in and takes a shot that only hits side net, he had a number of teammates to aim for had he decided to cross instead of shoot

53′ Abidal concedes a corner to United

52′ After some fancy passing from Messi and Iniesta to Eto’o but the shot hits the side net and Barca misses on a huge opportunity

51′ Messi knocks a loose ball to Eto’o but he is unable to connect back with Messi inside the box and the danger is gone

49′ Barca will take another corner but Marquez is taken down by Brown and with no call it is cleared out to Zambrotta and he takes one from way out and it sails over the cross bar

48′ Messi takes a shot but Wes Brown runs right into it to deflect it away

47′ Barca start this half the same way they played most of the first half with lots of possession

46′ The teams take the field for the start of the second half and Man U. take the ball to open it up

Ronaldo should have two goals, one on the missed penalty and another he could have scored if he didn’t take a dive trying to earn a second penalty kick. For all of their possesion Barcelona haven’t had any real chances of note. So as it stands now it’s all tied up at 0-0 in the Nou Camp. Hopefully the second half will feature more chances for either side. Rafael Marquez will miss the second leg of this tie when it goes to England in 6 days, but Barca will have it’s captain, Carles Puyol back from suspension.

45′ There was no stoppage time as the ref blew the whistle before ESPN’s clock was even at 45′

45′ Ronaldo curves the free kick towards goal but it missed the whole time as Valdes is unable to reach it with a dive

44′ Ronaldo takes another dive and this time the Ref awards the free kick and Marquez is booked and will miss the next match

44′ Ferdinand beats Eto’o to a ball heading towards the box and Van Der Sar clears it out

43′ Zambrotta tries a pass but Messi isn’t on the same page and doesn’t make the same run

41′ Scholes tries to send one over the Barca defense but Milito is in position to head it away

40′ messi with a clean take away from Scholes but the ref calls if a foul

39′ No it’s United who have possession in a dngerous area but Barca clear it away from danger

38′ Deco takes the free kick low and Van Der Sar is forced to the ground to make the save

37′ Scholes takes down Iniesta and gives Barca another free kick

35′ You have to wonder how long Barcelona can keep this much possession without making something happen

34′ Eto’o does well to take a shot but it is deflected twice and Van Der Sar has no trouble with it

33′ Zambrotta is down for a moment as Tevez gives him an elbow to the chin

33′ Deco takes the kick and it deflects out for a corner, but Xavi’s corner sails right into Van Der Sar’s arms

32′ Messi made a move like the Messi of old to get past Evra and then Deco won a free kick at the top of the area

31′ Ronaldo sends Rooney forward and his cross is headed at goal but Valdes cleans up the sloppy touch

29′ Iniesta gave the ball away to Ronaldo into the box and Barca may have gotten away with one as the Ref doesn’t give him a second penalty try

28′ Barcelona are the more aggressive side and are wining every loose ball

27′ Barcelona has kept possession in the United third of the field but can’t get anything going

26′ Ronaldo was making a run with numbers but a mis touch gives the ball back to Barcelona

26′ Iniesta finds Eto’o in the box but the United back line clears it out

25′ Iniesta has a shot from out side the area and it doesn’t trouble Van der Sar

24′ Ronaldo nearly had a chance there but Abidal is able to beat him to the ball and head it to Valdes to clear it away from danger

23′ Toure sends a cross through that deflects off of Iniesta, but is called a corner for Barca

23′ Barcelona have been keeping possession for long periods of time but can’t get past the D

21′ The ball gets through towards Marquez but it was just too tall for the Mexican and Van Der Sar gathers it in with ease. Wes Brown may have gotten away with a push to Marquez’ back and it knocked him out of position

20′ Barca earn a free kick

19′ Deco tries a cross but it goes nowhere

17′ Rooney’s corner is too long and sails out to the other side for a throw in

16′ the free kick deflects out for a United corner

16′ Tevez is awarded a free kick for United, Ronaldo could do something from here

15′ Messi’s through ball is too far and it rolls out for a goal kick

14′ Ronaldinho would be great to have right now, Marquez takes the kick and put it into the wall

13′ Barca earn a free kick from the top of the area as Tevez takes down Toure from behind

12′ bad clearance from Van der Sar gives it to Messi but he and Eto’o are unable to connect

11′ Iniesta sends a dangerous ball through the box but Two Barca players are too far to get on the other end of it

11′ Barcelona seem to be playing better for now as they have been holding possession very well

9′ Messi sends a ball into the box but it is cleared out and earn their third corner of the match as they keep the pressure on Man u.

8′Abidal steals it away from Rooney and sends a cross that is played out for a Barca corner kick

8′ Eto’o gets his way into the area but the Man U defense is back and clear it out for a throw

Both teams seem to be feeling each other out and are just getting comfortable

6′ Ronaldo earns another free kick but it’s far from danger

3′ Ronaldo misses the penalty, he pushed it wide to the left and Barcelona gets away with one there. Valdes guessed wrong and Tonaldo had nothing but open net but couldn’t convert
2′ Manchester United is awarded a penalty kick on a hand ball call on Milito. Ronaldo will take the kick

1′ Ronaldo earns a free kick and it deflects off of Xavi and out for a corner

0′ The match is on, Barcelona v. Manchester United

The players are warming up and the Match is set to began.

Starting Lineups

Barcelona

• 1 V. Valdes
• 11 G. Zambrotta
• 4 R. Marquez
• 3 G. Milito
• 22 E. Abidal
• 24 Y. Toure
• 6 Xavi
• 20 Deco
• 19 L. Messi
• 9 S. Eto’o
• 8 A. Iniesta

Manchester United

• 1 E. Van Der Sar
• 6 Brown
• 5 R. Ferdinand
• 3 Evra
• 16 Carrick
• 4 Hargreaves
• 13 Park
• 18 Scholes
• 10 Rooney
• 7 Ronaldo
• 32 Tevez

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